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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-23

poker as we did.
about five o'clock Seven-Wise-
Men-you member that fellow
Jake Goldstein, who thinks he
knows everything about every
thing? Well, he had his last chip
in, standin' pat on a bob-tail flush
an would have been mad ef he had
not remembered about bein' allowed
to boss the lynching. All of sud.
den a whole crowd Of men galloped
up to the house.
/ went to the door, bein' care
full to take my three aces an a
Winchester, an saw fifteen COW
punchers who had come over from
Tom Cutron's ranch just south o
us. They'd heard the news an had
come to help lynch Canton and the
widder, they said. Now the fresh
ness of the boss riled me, SO says
short like:
Who told you we was going to
lynch emp
Why, didn't they kill that
measly tramp,Jennings?" asked the
boss.
"Sposin' they did?" said /
This is a law-abidin' community
this is. We are goin' to take them
to the county seat for trial
"Ohp said the fresh feller.
Come, now. we want those folks.
REASONING WITH THE CROWD.
"They commenced to get off theil
horses, an | looked round an saw
the boys layin' down their cards
an reachin' for their guns. SO
up an reasoned with the crowd.
told 'em it was agin the law, and
they laughed at me. They got SC
sassy that after a while whispered
to the boys who left the jack pot
and came to the door with their
Winchesters handy. | told thai
crowd that they have to lynch us
first. They commenced to finger
their shooters. But we were in the
DOLBY with six feet walls around us
an we calculated that we could
stand off fifteen men outside. W,
told 'em to come right in an com
mence the lynchin', but they
wouldn't. Finally one fellow sale
he could attend plenty of lynchin''
and he wasn't goin' to fight for one
SO they skipped.
"After this we boys confabbec
an decided that we would take th'
prisoners to the county seat, Iierr;
Amarillia, just to show those fresi
cow-punchers that we were men o
our word. Three days later W.
turned the prisoners over to th'
Sheriff who put them in Jail"
While Buckhorn took Ion:
drink the crowd told him that h'
was right, and deserved great credi
| for upholding the law. There wa
a dead silence for a while, anC
some of the boys were commenc
ing to talk of little game, whel
suddenly the envious Nubbins said
"By the way, Buckhorn, wha
become of Canton and the widder?
"Oh, the widder was let 60 70
want of evidence" was the eyasiv
reply.
"Was Canton ever tried an con
'victed?"
"Oh, no." drawled Buckhorr
slowly, and with evident reluctance
"You see, after we got that recelp
for him from the Sheriff, we Ian
around town that night waiting TO
mornin', to start for home. Vel
it was awful dull, an havin' show
ourselves to be lawabidin' citizens
we thought that-well-in shor'
we broke into the Jail, and hun
Canton with the Sheriff's lariat." ="
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-23

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowi-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions. and located rs 1t is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face Of the earth. and leav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as well as matters Of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, tho
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic guide for capital and informant to tho
settler Of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-23
READY FOR HIM.

Sam n. Wood, the cashier of the
First National Bank Of Denver,
Colorado, which by the way, was
the pride of ex-senator Chaffee's
commercial, life, is at the Hoffman.
Very few banks in the country have
tided as many financial storms.
Mr.. Wood is known throughout
the mountains as man of rare
pluck besides being considered of
exceptional ability as tinancier.
His first notable successes were at
Deadwood, where during the troub-
lous time of that wild region, he
contrived to keep the value of his
securities far in excess of his loans
without making enemies. In the
banking experiences of mining
town this is unusual. Yet, strange
to say, Mr. Wood is noted for
seeming extravaganza in his con-
cessions to embarrassed friends.
The explanation is simple. His
judgment of men is almost uner-
ring. A story illustrative of his
character is told by Black Hills
admirers. 1t was said of him that
he refused money with such suavity
and grace that the applicant usually
left with an involuntary THANK
you" on his lips. One day, though,
Mr.. Wood found his persuasive ell
oquence and explanations vain.
A long-haired bushwhacker from
Sidney, who insisted on the imme-
diate cashing of draft for $500,
refused to either complete his iden-
tifcation or deposit the draft for
collection. 81 am sorry" said
Mr.. Wood, his patience finally ex-
hausted, "but you will have to
move along, have business to at
tend to-"
"Well, see here, Mr.. Cashier
exclaimed the Sidney man with q
round oath, you'll just tend to
my business first or I'll give you
these SIX pills"
The cashier looked down the
muzzle of an ugly revolver. lie
neither moved nor paled. :
Don't do anything in a hurry
YOU might never have time to re-
gret, my friend," said he. "If you
gently pass your hand along the
rim of the counter there you will
find the rim of a double-barreled
shotgun. 1t is loaded with slugs
| have my finger on the trigger
Get, or | will let her 60 at you"
The bushwhacker, his pistol hand
trembling and his eyes bulging from
their sockets from fright, explored
the counter mechanically with his
disengaged hand, and finding &
gaping hole in front of where he
stood, dropped his weapon anc
didn't pause to say farewell. The
concealed shotgun was one Of the
precautions of frontier banking.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-23

A Popular Science Monthly wri-
tor saws that monkeys have conver-
sot;ons We have not the slightest
doubt of it. Their ordinary chatter
is about as intelligent and as intel
ligible as great deal that we hear
from their human brothers ana
sisters.-Boston Post.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-23

a., I. q. d. r.
nes.. kAS LODGE, No. 13. l. o. o. f.,
hursS' odd Fellows Hal! in Ketchuin on
vs,;na evening of each week Mt 8 O'Clock.
aially ;n,';, brethren in good standing arc cor
" I. PECK, Rec. Secretary.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24
NO. s0
AoaIslana Ia YVia1er and sual-
ner.

N. o, Chronicle.
The Lake Charles Eono SAYS that
almost every mail brings to that CITY
letters from the North from parties
seokinp 4 fnilder climate, with good
hotel ana other Recommendation. that
thew NAV come here ana avoid the
rioors of the cold North. Hotel and
boardinghouse keepers are the parties
who AN furnish tbis information. ana
thew sbonld advertjsa liberally N the
nanera of the state ana allow them
IL be mailed to these inaniYsrs.
Eaob hotel ana boardipabeuse
keenar should describe NV iooaiiey its
merits and comforts. state thennmb Ser
of onests thew can accommodate. and
tba nrico az hoard and LODGING ser
weeE ana month DON'T be afraid N
Giving details Or Of having the printer,
for The careful advertiser is bound to
oet GOOD retprn for tbe wise outlay
of means
tsbonld be stated what the tourist
oan be abla to sea 81 exearsions
tbrongbont the neighborhood II what
months tbe snortsman an bao tbe
gama without violatinq nv statntes "
fresnassing mon priyato proparty
where SAILING and Yachting can bo
nFovided. 81 tba fragTant breezes com.
ing throrgb the nines soothe NM inga-
Iid or caIm tbe tbongbts NJ tbe over.
taxed business man,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24
Not anfEerlmg Very INCL.

The following from the MindeR
Tribune, one of the rankest Nicholls
papers in tho State, speaks pretty
well for tpcrsopal government in
Webstor parish, and shows yeryplain-
ly that that parish is not suffering
yrey much from Coy McEnery'a pes-
sopal appointment Of police jurors
1T will be seen from the police
Jury proceedings that the parish tax
has been reduced from 10 10 Z mills,
This viii considerably lessen the bur
den Of taxatiou, and is dpe partly 70
the good management of our police
jury, For the past two og three years
We have had a Jail built costing about
$1,000, and d bridge costing $1,000, 70
pay for which has kept the rate Of
parish taxation PIP 70 l0lnills, These
| expenses have been paia and th'
parish has now on hand about SlsQQ
The police Jurors Thought Of reducinl
the rate to mills, bat for fear tha
Jurors and witnesses might have !
, Ell their script at i discount as ha
, been done heretofore, il was though
, better to put the rate at asle linn
The assessment for the year waa dl
creased about 100000 from lhat
the year previous
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24
A Care for AlcoIoIIsra.


Connecticut Home,
was one of those unforunates given
to strong drink. 1t reduced me to
degradation. | vowed and stroye
long aud hard, but | seldom held VIC
tory over liquor long, | hated drunk
enness, but still | drank. When | loft
it off | felta hornd want Of something
must have or 60 distracted Ieould
neither eat, work or sleep, entered
reformatory and prayed for strength
still must drink. / lived 50 for over
twenty years iu that time | never
abstained over three months hand
running, AT length | was sent to the
house Of correction as yagraut u
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24


The treatment OF many thousands Of cases
Of those chronic Weakpesses apd aistreaisii5ng
2Iesnts pesnlisf n feIsgj4sss Y 1ss dnggilgs
bas AFFORDED vast experience in nicely adapt
ing and thoroughly testing remedies ror the
cure of woman's peculiar naladles.
is tie ostgrowth, OF result Of this great and
yaluable Experience. Thousands Of testino-
SPs eSegSS 9 PstkIe9Hs k H Ss aaa 509g 2g 5s gsEs
yated and obstinate cases which hnd baihed
their skill, prove It TO be the most WoDderful
remedy eyer degissa tSr t5e EesI 5a1 srs Is ot
"cure-al,R but as q most perfect specinc for
womhn's peculiar ailments
Dlgts geWsTfsti 5lsg sS9itG. sS5ijS
and to, the womb and its apPendages n
particular. For oYerworsed, |" worIii; wori;, ;i,out,,
W. a9@ aYDissaa house.
Keepers. nursing mothers, and feeble women
generally, Or. Pierce,s FayoTite Prescription
as al m appetizing cordial and restofatiye tonic.
neryEue, 4 'BayoFite ,PrescrIAption" & ulls-
DUNG nervous excitabllity, irritabihty, ex-
haustiol, prostration, hyKteria, spesus and
other distreasing, ner Yous symptoms COM
diseaSe @ aoi 81 the wotnb. II induces refres6ipe
sleep and relieves mental anxiety ana de'
f1r. PIeEce,s Eay yorlts RrescrIPti9H
physician, and adapted to womanis deIicati
SS5sgtS3 S5sB5ostoS aha 4 poFRfes Rfgs sssSRie ss5iss R II
effects III any condition Of the system. FOL
unorning sickness, or nausea, from whatever
cause arising, weak stomach, digestion, eyg
pepsia and Kindred synptome, its use, IN suial
doses, viii prove very beneficial.
Il Eagoflte Rresert tRtio9 2 tsa posi-.
stinate cases Of leu ucorrheR. excessive flowing
painful nenstruRtion, nnnafural suppressione
PEolaps9s q teiiing q the wonp geSs 6scs
benring- down senRations, chronic congestion
inflammation Qne nlceTQtiop of the womb, IN
ia5nilstloIi pai apa tenae5asss sas N oysraes
As regulatQr and promoter q func
fional aetion, at that critical period Of chang
rom girlhood 70 womanhood, = Faygorite Pre-
BcTiption i5 perfectly safe remedial agent
ana can produce only good results. Il
equally efhHacloua and .yalpGble in itg effect
when taken for those disorders and dergnge
1 peTiod. EnogH g Z Tks chspss q IIfs} ~
/ - eonaectton WITH the use of pr: Pierce
4 doaes ~ DF. pierce,s PuIRstiye Pellets fIdttl
! Liver Ptlls), cureB liver, Kidney nn0 l3lh0dt
/ dlaeases Their combined use alho remove
Scrofllods bnrnors from fhe system.
g EaV0rife ErepcrtpticuB z Is the on
medicine for women, sold bY druggists, uEgE {
sat iil ite h ss8oti5R TS@ 5S9 N psg, eSe,
case, Ur money wit " refunded. This ruarai
tee has been printed on the bottle-wrappe
ane faithfully earrsod out for many ysu
Legge b9ttlsss aoo doses $500, ~ n
FoF iarss liustlated Troatlse On Diseases
B Espip ai
Es Blspsrsay sIlal ssssafF
G8e 9u
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24

Copied from the Chicago Mail Aug. Q, 1887.
What are theyl As general thing
they are prescriptions having been
used with great success by old and
well-read Physicians. Thousands of
in4ulids have been unexpectedly cured
by their use, and they arc the wonder
and dread Of Physicians and Medical
Colleges IN the u. s., SO much 80, that
Physicians graduating at Medical Cox
Ieges arc required to dlscountenance
Proprietary Medicines, as through
them the country doctor looses his
most profitable practice, As manu-
| facturer Of Proprietary Medicines, DR..
@. G, Green of Woodbury., N. J., ad
yocates most coFdialIy,-in order to
prevent the risk that the sick and af-
flicted are liable TO, almost daily by
| the use Of Patent Medicines put out
by inexperienced persons for aggran-
dizement only, and the employing Of
inexperienced and incompetent doc.
| tors by which almost every village
| and town is cursed; and men claim
ing to be doctors who had better be
undertakers, experimenting with their
patients and robbing them Of their
money and health, the good Of
| the afflicted that our government pro
tect its people by making laws to reg
ulste the practice Of medicine BY
better Experienced and more thorougly
educated physicians, and thereby keep
up The honor and credit Of the PROBES
sion, also form laws for the recording
Of recipes Of Proprietary Medicines,
under examination and decision Of ex-
fperienced Chemists and Physicians
appointed for that purpose BY the Coy,
eminent, before they are licensed foI
general use. He Wopld most freely
| place the recipe Of Boschee's German
lSyrup and Green's August Flower IN
| der such laws, bad he The proper pro
lection, and thereby save the Prejudict
Of tic people, and avoid the compe
tition and imitation Of worthless med
icines
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24
AROOE Farmer.


Nat Live Stock journal.
GAS there is nothing for me to do
at home, / will go to town and see
what is going OBJ" says poor farmer.
No other ever uses such language, II
is a poor farmer, indeed, who can not
always find something to do at home.
Such one will never find that farming
pays. He had rather sit on dry goods
boxes at the store, and "bottom chairs"
at some hotel or saloon, than remain
at home about his business, He is
naturally indOlent, mentally and phys
icalIy. Besides, he is mentally blind,
or he would always be able to sec
something to bo done at home, no
matter what the weather may be; and
he would also see that loafng and
sitting around in the village could
never make a successful farmer. If
there is nothing to do at tho barn, the
corn house, or in the stable, he can
pretty generally find something to do
in the house. Probably the cellar oil
the stuff stored in it demands his at.
tention and there is his wife, drudg.
ing from daylight until bed time, and
perhaps past the time when she ought
to be in bed-he can always do some
thing to help her out, and she will be
very grateful for a little aid, if it ia
nothing more than peeling a mess Of
potatoes OR rocking the cradle. We
have no patience with the man who
can find nothing to do at home, He
is a failure, a miserable failure. HC
brings suffering to all connected with
him, aud everything alive around him
suffers from his neglect. He will fail,
and ought to fail. The intelligent, com
petent farmer never goes TO towT
unless be has business there and wheI
his business is done, he goes home
| and finds something to do.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24

Tile bsssi Saiyn III tNe world s9y @uset
Bfaises. Sofes. see4s, @aI lliepm
Fever solaH nsts f'elpEd Jmaa
pet4ee slASiiea 9snqfq
EfIe0 conis a iN M e
Da. IS a kfAre
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24

Robeline Reporter we were
pleased to meet On Wednesday last,
Mr. A. Thompson and Prof. S, A..
Knapp, Of Lake Charles. They are
looking after the interest of ihe pro-
| iected line of railroad, from Lake
iCharles 10 Kansas City, We bad Q
long ana pleasant chat with themi botll
| gentlemen arc well known IN South
west Louisiaua, whilo Prof kpaPp'i
writings on the resources Of Louisiana
and his able efforts II develop tht
same, particularly sontb8sst l!oHisl
ana, IS known all oyer tac upltee
States 50 far aa lhs projected llge q
/ reilroad e Concerned re asse qQly e
sag fiat R0bQlipe is N Die say aha
lit is impossi5le III ksgR fgqm passing
through 9eF ie.p
snfeHi5e 10 tie EQae.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24

monies of the Lupercal, which shows
how an idea, if it appeals to human
sympathies. is sure to live. The name
has changed. so. too, have many of its
customs; but l dare say were the little
Marcuses and Octavias of Rome alive
to-day. they would understand very
well the meaning of your valentines.
and would be glad to be recipient and
donor, too"
'Why, it is nine o'clock exclaimed
Dura, as the cuckoo clock on the parlOr
table struck the hour. Il didn't suppose
it was so late. and I'm not a bit tired.
1t has been just as good as play to hear
mother talk
Well, my children" observed Mrs.
Wilcox, lit is now your bedtime. Some
other evening we may talk further of
the old customs. AS you grow older.
you will realize more fully how much
we are indebted to the past. Now kiss
me and run away, for it is late. and to-
morrow, as Ophelia says in Shakes
peare's Hamlet which 1 hope to read
to you as you get older.
Is st. Valentines Day
All in the morning betim -"
H. Mario George, in Waterman.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
RECUPERATIvE POWER.
The Resistance Of the Physical System to
Destructive Agents.

The Resistance OF the Physical System to
Destructive Agents.
Huge wounds heal up and leave
nothing but scar. This is true, not
only of the external muscular tissue.
but of the internal organs. including
even the brain. A large part of bone
may be taken out. and the bone grow
again. Deadly poisons may be swas-
lowed, and the various eliminating
organs will 60 to work to destroy their
power. and often fully succeed. Mill
ions of persons transgress nearly every
law of their physical system. and still
live out half their days, because of the
unceasing struggle of that other law
the law of recuperation-to undo the
mischief, or to reduce it to minimum.
A bullet has been carried in the brain,
or in some large bone or muscle, for
years without appreciable harm. In
such cases nature builds a tough en-
closing wall around the intruding OBJ
ject, thus preventing either friction or
the solution of the lead and the alb.
sorption of the poison into the circula-
ton.
The following case strikingly illus
trates the tolerance and recuperative
power of the system:
A soldier was badly wounded in the
knee by the explosion of rifle. After
he had lain in the hospital five months,
during which time the joint constantly
suppurated, and was several times laid
open with the knife, the wound healed
up. He became able to do his work as
a messenger, and suffered no incon-
venience from the injury for eleven
years. Then an abscess formed, which
discharged for some eight years, when
the surgeon succeeded in removing
small portion of the brass heel-plate of
the rifle and bits of lead from the knee.
The abscess remained open, occasion
ally discharging small portions of brass,
lead and gritty matter for the next
nine years, or until the summer of 1885.
At that time the surgeon at the hospital
who then took charge of the case sue
ceeded in tracing the sinus, or opening,
back to a hard object in the opposite
side of the joint. Laying open the
flesh at this point, he found and re-
moved the offending cause, which was
one-half of flattened and misshapen
bullet. In few weeks the man was
able to walk with little Inconvenience,
and returned home with the prospect
of perfect restoration. Even in this
case. jagged as was the bullet, the
cavity. which was about an inch in
diameter, was lined with firm capsule.
London Lancet.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Twenty-Five years ago there Wa
only one Catholic Church in Cincinnati.
O., now there are twenty, with forty
eight thousand Cincinnati
Times.
Two hundred ministers Of Glas.
gov, Scotland, of different denOmina-
tons, have united in an effort to reach
the non-church-going classes.
The average salary of school teach
ers in st. Louis is $633. Only twenty
six receive $4,000. Of 1.1O1 teachers
1.OO4 receive less than $500 per year.
st. Louis Post
The earliest chair of law At any
American seat of learning was estab-
lished at the college of William and
Mary in 1879. thirty-six years before
that of Harvard.-N. Y. Tribune.
st. Philips Church, Charleston, S.
c.. will be repaired on the old lines.
The repairs needed will cost about
$50, 1000. which will be raised by the
Episcopal churches throughout the
country.
Over thousand converts have
been made during the past few months
by Rev. Henry Richards and his wife.
missionaries connected with the Ameri-
can Baptist Missionary Union, at Banza
Marteke, in the Congo valley.
"A teacher of the British Syrian
schools recently said at a missionary
meeting ut Sunderland, Eng. that there
is Il castle in the Lebanon whose court
yard in 1S6Owas knee-deep in Christian
blood. while now twenty princesses
from it are in their schools. Golden
Rule.
DIR. Edward Judson, this city, ap-
peals to the Baptists to celebrate the
Tooth anniversary of the birth of his
father, Rev. Adoniram Judson, August
9. 1888. by building church for the
working-people in the lower part of the
city. DR.. Judson was the first Ameri-
can foreign missionary and the one
who introduced Christianity into Bur-
mah.-N. Y. Witness.
The annual report of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
contains some interesting statistics.
The school population of the State was
1,4SO, 761 in 1870, 1,641, 173 in 1880, and
1880 in 1886. The average daily
attendance last year was 625.Sl3.
against 573, O89 in 1880 and 4S4,7O5 in
1870. The whole number of teachers
employed is 3l,325.-N. Y. Examiner.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-24
Canine Sagacity.

A black and white collie, belonging
to one of the shepherds at Bughtrigg,
was sent on Tuesday from Jedburgh by
train 70 Langholm. The dog arrived
safely at Langholm, and remained
quietly at his new home till Friday
morning, when he was missed. To the
surprise of his former owner, he ap-
peared early on Monday morning at
Bughtrigg, distance of nearly sixty
miles from Langholm. Now, when it
is stated that this dog had gone by
train and had never travelled . foot of
the road before, the fact of his finding
his way back over hills and moors to
his former home is certainly remark
able instance of that sagacity. or, well.
call it what you like, SO often found in
the shepherds dOg.-Scotsman.